Validation of a behavioral recording automated system in the elevated plus-maze test

Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1751-1762

  Torres, C ^a   Escarabajal, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cyberplus; Elevated plus maze; Exploratory behavior; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYBERNETICS; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FOREFOOT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEOTAPE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036498689     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(02)01476-5     Document Type: Article

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